Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-09
EASTERN NEWS.
HENRY WARD BEECHBR DEAD.
The Funeral 10 Take Place tomorrow
at Greenwood.
A SERIOUS AND FATAL ACCIDENT ON TINE
THIRD AVENUE ELEVATED ROAD.
Explosion of Dynamite Works at
Bay Chester.
A HORRIBLE DOUBLE MURDER AT
ALBUQUERQUE. N. n.
The President Will Mt Approve the
River and Harbor Bill.
The President Will Mt Approve the
River and Harbor Bill.
ESPECIAL TO THE sENrINkL.1
Beecher Dead.

NJ. Major Pond appeared and announ-
ced that the family were all gathered
about the sick mans bedside. mo-
mentarily expecting his death. His
condition was more critical than it had
been during any part of the day.
New York, March $3.50 A. NJ,
Beecher is dead.
New York, March 8.-Henry Ward
Beecher began to sink slowly after mid
night, and the watches at his bedside
soon saw that the end was nearing.
Beecher passed quietly away while
asleep. He never recovered conscious
ness after paralysis stupefied his mind.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher died at
$50 this morning in the presence of
most of the members of his family.
Those present were Col. H. B. Beecher,
his wife, his daughters, Hattie and
Daisy, and his son, Henry Ward
Beecher, Miss Edith Beecher, w. C.
Beecher and wife, Rev. Samuel
Scoville, Mrs. S. Scoville, eldest
daughter of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
No arrangements have yet been made
for the funeral, further than providing
that they should be carried out by Hop
per of Brooklyn.
DR.. Searle, he said, had noticed a
change in the patients condition at
80 A. NJ, and summoned all in the
house to his bedside, momentarily ex-
pecting his death, but he fingered
much longer than had been antici-
pated. He passed away gradually,
almost imperceptible, drawing his last
breath without apparent suffering or a
return to consciousness in any degree.
Mrs. Beecher bore up wonderfully and
with marvellous courage. No Grape
was hung on the door, Beecher always
having objected to the use of this, and
the gloom associated with it in the
presence of death. Instead, a magnifi-
cent wreath of flowers hung from the
left side of the doorway at the top of
the stoop, composed OF white and red
roses, and lilies Of the valley, and tied
up with white satin.
At 10 80 it was given out that the
funeral would take place in Greenwood
Thursday next. Some time ago Sage,
a member of Plymouth Church, APP
, propriated by will a sum of money
to place a statue of Beecher in Pros
, pect Park after his death. Quincy
Wood, a well-known sculptor, who is
to do the work, will call at the house
in the course of the day, for the pur-
, pose of making a plaster cast OF his
, features. 1t is not intended that any
!, examination shall be made of Beech
er's brain organism.
The news of Beecher's death spread
very quickly to all parts of the city,
and Brooklyn may now be said to be
a city of mourning. Even those who
did not always concur with Beecher in
his views had no hesitation in ex-
pressing their deep regret at his death.
AS a mark of respect to his memory
the flags on all the public buildings
here were placed at half-mast, and
Mayor Whitney had the City Hall
bell tolled.
Niaol's Tailor establishment Ne.
stroyed by Fire.
}, New YORK, March 8.-The large
, tailor establishment of Nicol, "The
Tailor" ON Broadway, was destroyed
by fire this morning. The fire caused a
blockade on the Third Avenue elevated
road, which extended far up above Four
teenth street. The conductor on the
train which was blockaded a few hun
dred feet from Fourteenth street sta
ton, notified his passengers that they
could leave the train and walk over a
narrow plank alongside the track, and
thus make their way to the station.
A number availed themselves of the
dangerous privilege, and an awful ac-
cident was the result. In some man.
ner a panic was started on the narrow
walk far above the street, and a num-
Der of persons were flung to the pave
ment below. 1t is stated that seven
were killed and many injured.
The official report of the accident
shows that three persons were killed,
and seven others badly injured. It
appears that anumber of passengers
left one of the trains at Seventeenth
street, and started to walk along a mar |
row foot path at the side OF the track |
to the station at Fourteenth street. 1
While doing SO the blockade was re-
lieved, and the trains began to start.
The motion shook the pathway to such
an extent that a number of passen-
gers were thrown down to the street |
| below, with the result as stated.
fatal Dynamite Explosion.
New York, March S.-The dyna-
mite works OF Mrs. Mary A. Diltmer,
al Bay Chester, on Long Island Sound,
were blown up for the fifth time at 10
O'Clock, killing one man and leveling
the building to the ground. The last
previous explosion was on September
80 last, at which time four Italians